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Vice Presidential Inaugurations
Key historic dates and details of vice presidential inaugurals.
        
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    Vice President Kamala Harris takes the oath during inauguration in 2021.

Vice President Kamala Harris takes the oath during inauguration in 2021.

**Date**
			**Vice President
			(President)**
			**Location**
			**Oath Administered By**January 20, 2021
			Kamala Harris
			(Biden)
			West Front, U.S. Capitol
			Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the the Supreme Court of the United StatesJanuary 20, 2017
			Michael Pence
			(Trump)
			West Front, U.S. Capitol
			Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesJanuary 20, 2013
			Joseph R. Biden Jr.
			(Obama)
			West Front, U.S. Capitol
			Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesJanuary 20, 2009
			Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
			(Obama)
			West Front, U.S. Capitol
			John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme CourtJanuary 20, 2005
			Richard Cheney
			(Bush)
			West Front, U.S. Capitol
			Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of RepresentativesJanuary 20, 2001
			Richard Cheney
			(Bush)
			West Front, U.S. Capitol
			William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme CourtJanuary 20, 1997
			Albert Gore, Jr.
			(Clinton)
			West Front, U.S. Capitol
			Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme CourtJanuary 20, 1993
			Albert Gore, Jr.
			(Clinton)
			West Front, U.S. Capitol
			Byron R. White, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme CourtJanuary 20, 1989
			J. Danforth Quayle
			(Bush)
			West Front, U.S. Capitol
			Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme CourtJanuary 21, 1985
			George H. W. Bush
			(Reagan)
			Publicly in Rotunda, U.S. Capitol
			Potter Stewart, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme CourtJanuary 20, 1985
			George H. W. Bush
			(Reagan)
			Privately in North Entrance Hall, White House
			Potter Stewart, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme CourtJanuary 20, 1981
			George H. W. Bush
			(Reagan)
			West Front, U.S. Capitol
			Potter Stewart, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme CourtJanuary 20, 1977
			Walter F. Mondale
			(Carter)
			East Portico, U.S. Capitol
			Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Speaker of the House of RepresentativesDecember 19, 1974
			Nelson A. Rockefeller
			(Ford)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Warren E. Burger, Chief JusticeNo V.P. August - December 1974December 6, 1973
			Gerald R. Ford
			(Nixon)
			House Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Warren E. Burger, Chief JusticeNo V.P. October - December 1973January 20, 1973
			Spiro T. Agnew
			(Nixon)
			East Portico, U.S. Capitol
			Warren E. Burger, Chief JusticeJanuary 20, 1969
			Spiro T. Agnew
			(Nixon)
			East Portico, U.S. Capitol
			Everett M. Dirksen, Minority Leader of the SenateJanuary 20, 1965
			Hubert H. Humphrey
			(L. B. Johnson)
			East Portico, U.S. Capitol
			John W. McCormack, Speaker of the House of RepresentativesNo V.P. November 1963 - January 1965January 20, 1961
			Lyndon B. Johnson
			(Kennedy)
			East Portico, U.S. Capitol
			Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of RepresentativesJanuary 21, 1957
			Richard M. Nixon
			(Eisenhower)
			East Portico, U.S. Capitol
			William F. Knowland, U.S. SenatorJanuary 20, 1953
			Richard M. Nixon
			(Eisenhower)
			East Portico, U.S. Capitol
			William F. Knowland, U.S. SenatorJanuary 20, 1949
			Alben W. Barkley
			(Truman)
			East Portico, U.S. Capitol
			Stanley F. Reed, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme CourtNo V.P. April 1945 - January 1949January 20, 1945
			Harry S. Truman
			(F. D. Roosevelt)
			South Portico, White House
			Henry A. Wallace, retiring Vice PresidentJanuary 20, 1941
			Henry A. Wallace
			(F. D. Roosevelt)
			East Portico, U.S. Capitol
			John N. Garner, retiring Vice PresidentJanuary 20, 1937
			John N. Garner
			(F. D. Roosevelt)
			East Portico, U.S. Capitol
			Joseph T. Robinson, U.S. SenatorMarch 4, 1933
			John N. Garner
			(F. D. Roosevelt)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Charles Curtis, retiring Vice PresidentMarch 4, 1929
			Charles Curtis
			(Hoover)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Charles G. Dawes, retiring Vice PresidentMarch 4, 1925
			Charles G. Dawes
			(Hoover)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Albert B. Cummins, President pro tempore of the SenateNo V.P. August 1923 - March 1925March 4, 1921
			Calvin Coolidge
			(Harding)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Thomas R. Marshall, retiring Vice PresidentMarch 5, 1917
			Thomas R. Marshall
			(Wilson)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Willard Saulsbury, President pro tempore of the SenateMarch 4, 1913
			Thomas R. Marshall
			(Wilson)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Jacob H. Gallinger, President pro tempore of the SenateNo V.P. October 1912 - March 1913March 4, 1909
			James S. Sherman
			(Taft)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Charles W. Fairbanks, retiring Vice PresidentMarch 4, 1905
			Charles W. Fairbanks
			(T. Roosevelt)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			William P. Frye, President pro tempore of the SenateNo V.P. September 1901 - March 1905March 4, 1901
			Theodore Roosevelt
			(McKinley)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			William P. Frye, President pro tempore of the SenateNo V.P. November 1899 - March 1901March 4, 1897
			Garret A. Hobart
			(McKinley)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Adlai E. Stevenson, retiring Vice PresidentMarch 4, 1893
			Adlai E. Stevenson
			(Cleveland)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Levi P. Morton, retiring Vice PresidentMarch 4, 1889
			Levi P. Morton
			(B. Harrison)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			John J. Ingalls, President pro tempore of the SenateNo V.P. September 1885 - March 1889March 4, 1885
			Thomas A. Hendricks
			(Cleveland)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			George F. Edmunds, President pro tempore of the SenateNo V.P. September 1881 - March 1885March 4, 1881
			Chester A. Arthur
			(Garfield)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			William A. Wheeler, retiring Vice PresidentMarch 5, 1877
			William A. Wheeler
			(Hayes)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Thomas W. Ferry, President pro tempore of the SenateNo V.P. November 1873 - March 1877March 4, 1873
			Henry Wilson
			(Grant)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Schuyler Colfax, retiring Vice PresidentMarch 4, 1869
			Schuyler Colfax
			(Grant)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Benjamin F. Wade, President pro tempore of the SenateNo V.P. April 1865 - March 1869March 4, 1865
			Andrew Johnson
			(Lincoln)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Hannibal Hamlin, retiring Vice PresidentMarch 4, 1861
			Hannibal Hamlin
			(Lincoln)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			John C. Breckinridge, retiring Vice PresidentMarch 4, 1857
			John C. Breckinridge
			(Buchanan)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			James M. Mason, President pro tempore of the SenateNo V.P. April 1853 - March 1857March 24, 1853
			William R. King
			(Pierce)
			Cuba
			William Sharkey, U.S. ConsulNo V.P. July 1850 - March 1853March 5, 1849
			Millard Fillmore
			(Taylor)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			David R. Atchison, President pro tempore of the SenateMarch 4, 1845
			George M. Dallas
			(Polk)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			William P. Mangum, President pro tempore of the SenateNo V.P. April 1841 - March 1845March 4, 1841
			John Tyler
			(Harrison)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			William P. Mangum, President pro tempore of the SenateMarch 4, 1837
			Richard M. Johnson
			(Van Buren)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			William Rufus King, President pro tempore of the SenateMarch 4, 1833
			Martin Van Buren
			(Jackson)
			House Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			John Marshall, Chief JusticeNo V.P. December 1832 - March 1833March 4, 1829
			John C. Calhoun
			(Jackson)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Samuel Smith, President pro tempore of the SenateMarch 4, 1825
			John C. Calhoun
			(J.Q. Adams)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			Andrew Jackson, U.S. SenatorMarch 3, 1821
			Daniel D. Thompkins
			(Monroe)
			Thompkins' residence, New York
			William P. Van Ness, U.S. District JudgeMarch 4, 1817
			Daniel D. Thompkins
			(Monroe)
			Senate Chamber, Old Brick Capitol, (1st & A Sts., N.E.; site of present Supreme Court Building)
			John Gaillard, President pro tempore of the SenateNo V.P. November 1814 - March 1817Elbridge Gerry
			(Madison)
			Presented a certificate on May 24, 1813, as having taken the oath as prescribed by law
			John Davis, U.S. District JudgeNo V.P. April 1812 - 1813March 4, 1809
			George Clinton
			(Madison)
			No record of his having taken the oathMarch 4, 1805
			George Clinton
			(Jefferson)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			John Marshall, Chief JusticeMarch 4, 1801
			Aaron Burr
			(Jefferson)
			Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol
			James Hillhouse, President pro tempore of the SenateMarch 4, 1797
			Thomas Jefferson
			(J. Adams)
			Senate Chamber, Congress Hall, Philadelphia
			William Bingham, President pro tempore of the SenateDecember 2, 1793
			John Adams
			(Washington)
			Senate Chamber, Congress Hall, Philadelphia
			John Langdon, President pro tempore of the SenateApril 21, 1789
			John Adams
			(Washington)
			Federal Hall, New York City
			John Langdon, President pro tempore of the Senate
          
    
    
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